Tulu Nadu

Tulu Nadu
Region
Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40
Country	India
State	Karnataka, Kerala
Districts	Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasaragod
Founded by	Parashurama
Largest City	Mangalore
No. of districts & Talukas	3 District and 18 Taluks
Area [1][2]
• Total	10,432 km2 (4,028 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[3]
• Total	3,957,071
• Density	356.1/km2 (922/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada, Malayalam
• Spoken	Tulu, Kundagannada, Konkani, Beary, Arebhashe
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	0824, 0825
ISO 3166 code	ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration	KA19, KA20, KA21, KA62, KA70, KL14.

Tulu Nadu, also called as Tulunaad, is a region on the southwestern coast of India.^[4] The Tulu people, known as 'Tuluva' (plural 'Tuluver'), speakers of Tulu, a Dravidian language, are the preponderant ethnic group of this region.^[5] South Canara, an erstwhile district and a historical area, encompassing the undivided territory of the contemporary Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Kasaragod districts, forms the cultural area of the Tuluver.^[6]

Historically, Tulu Nadu lay between the Gangavali River (Uttara Kannada district) in the north and the Chandragiri River (Kasaragod taluka) in the south.^[7] Currently, Tulu Nadu consists of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and the northern parts of the Kasaragod district of Kerala up to the Chandragiri River.^[8]

This region is not an official administrative entity.^[9] However, the Tulu Nadu state movement has been gaining momentum since the Indian States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[10]

Mangalore, the second largest and a major city of Karnataka, is the chief and largest city of Tulu Nadu.^[11] Udupi, Kasaragod and Puttur are the other major cities of this region.^[12]

References

1. ↑ "Tourism in DK District". National Informatics Centre, Karnataka State Unit. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
2. ↑ "Tour to Udupi". Tourism of India. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
3. ↑ "Census GIS India". Census of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
4. ↑ Anthropological Survey of India (Department of Anthropology) (1980). Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India, Volume 25. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. p. 41.
5. ↑ Minahan, James B. (2012). "Tuluvas". Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. Ethnic Groups of the World (illustrated ed.). ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598846607.
6. ↑ Bhat, N. Shyam (1998). "Introduction". South Kanara, 1799–1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. pp. 1–16. ISBN 9788170995869.
7. ↑ Bhatt, P. Gururaja (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara. Prabhakara Press. p. 2.
8. ↑ "Tulu Nadu Region". keralatourism.org. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
9. ↑ Unnithan, Rajmohan (7 January 2020). "A case for including Tulu in the Eighth Schedule". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
10. ↑ B, Sreekantswamy (21 July 2017). "With separate 'flag,' Tulu activists up demand for statehood". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
11. ↑ Sheth, Anisha (6 November 2014). "This city has six names in six languages, and the official one Mangaluru, is the least popular". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
12. ↑ Malli, Karthik (28 February 2019). "Mapping Tulu: A rich oral tradition with deep roots in Karnataka". The News Minute. Retrieved 15 January 2020. Tulu is a southern Dravidian language that's spoken by 1.85 million people in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kerala's Kasargod district.